The Evolution of Chris Jericho

night. (Note to non wrestling fans, it’s considered taboo and unprofessional for a wrestler to break his code of silence and character and let a fan know any inside info)The time had come for my step son and I were up next to meet Jericho. First an employee gives him our book to get signed, and then we may approach him to sit and chat and have a picture taken. So of course like an idiot I go to shake his hand while he's signing, which makes him stop signing, to say hi and shake my hand. Realizing this I add "Sorry, I just realized how are you supposed to sign while I'm trying to shake your hand” Jericho is friendly and smiles. So then we sit down with him so they can take a picture.
Figuring the odds, I figure I have about 10-15 seconds maybe 30 seconds tops, to ask the questions I have. Mind you, I've been a fan of his since 1996. I put my best questions up, at least the most important ones to me, and then figure I'll end it with a subtle trick question to see if he'll be at Raw making his return that night.

First question to Chris Jericho...
”So Chris you still doing comedy?"
“Comedy... I'm not sure what you mean...”
“I heard you were doing comedy at an Improv place where Will Ferrell trained in California, The Younglings or something". Jericho laughs, "The Younglings, that's funny, their Jedi's or something, you mean the Groundlings.” Laughing, "No I haven’t done that for about a year."
"Sorry I mean Groundlings. I knew it was something with a lings' at the end" (note to readers, The Younglings is the name for child Jedi's in training in Star Wars Episode 2 and 3 for some reason I thought the Improv was called that. Maybe in a galaxy far far away Jedi’s are doing stand up and it's called The Younglings)
"No, No that's quite all right, that was very funny" Jericho responds
Next pressing question up.
"You still talk to Ralphus?"
(note to readers, after reading Chris Jericho's book I realized Ralphus was a tool who actually was a truck driver working for WCW and Jericho gave him an opportunity to be his personal "on air" bodyguard/security guard as a joke mocking Bill Goldberg's ridiculous 20 man security entourage entrance, as a result Ralphus five minutes of fame went to his head according to Jericho in his book. So I'm sure Chris was ecstatic that someone actually asked the whereabouts of Ralphus"
"Ralphus ... No I haven’t seen him in a while, in about 10 years."
"So you don’t know how he's doing huh?”
“Is he dead or something?" I add
At this point Jericho must think, what the hell does this guy belong to the East Coast Chapter of The Ralphus Fan club? (Yes I do actually... JUST KIDDING)
Chris responds" Actually I don’t know where he is or anything."(At this point I thought I caught a slightly puzzled look on Chris' face. (Read between the lines he's really saying "I don’t know where the hell Ralphus is. I don’t care where he is. It’s been 10 years, he was a truck driver. The book isn’t about Ralphus, it's about me, why are you so obsessed with this guy?")
Which is all very true with the exception of the obsession part, but Jericho was too polite to actually say this.

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